All Saints Church, Otterhampton

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All Saints Church
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Location Otterhampton, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°10′59″N3°04′47″W / 51.18306°N 3.07972°W / 51.18306; -3.07972 Coordinates: 51°10′59″N3°04′47″W / 51.18306°N 3.07972°W / 51.18306; -3.07972
Built14th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameChurch of All Saints
Designated29 March 1963 [1]
Reference no.1344927
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Location of All Saints Church in Somerset

All Saints Church in Otterhampton, Somerset, England, overlooks the River Parrett. The church dates from the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, [1] and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. [2] It was declared redundant on 1 March 1988, and was vested in the Trust on 2 August 1989. [3]

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A church was established on the site in the 12th century, was valued at £5 in 1291, [4] although the current building largely dates from the 14th. The Perpendicular west tower was added later and has an Elizabethan bell-frame with 4 bells, one of which dates from the 16th century and two others are dated 1617 and 1737. [1] The original dedication was to Saint Peter, however it was later renamed All Saints. [5]

The interior includes a Norman font with a Jacobean cover, a screen from the 16th century, and 17th-century communion rails. It was closed in 1988, [6] and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. [7]

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  2. "All Saints' Church, Otterhampton, Somerset". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. Diocese of Bath and Wells: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 4, retrieved 2 April 2011
  4. 'Otterhampton: Church', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) (1992), pp. 108-109. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18584 Date accessed: 25 July 2010
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  6. "West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions". Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
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